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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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